Francis was waiting to travel to take his missionary work to mainland China when he died from a fever on Shangchuan Island on December 2nd 1552. Francis was made a saint by Gregory XV on March 12th 1622. Saint Francis Xavier's relics are kept in a silver casket, inside the Bom Jesus ...
The Feast of St. Francis Xavier commemorates the death of St. Francis Xavier, patron saint of Goa. Fondly called the Goincho Saib or the Lord of Goa, St. Xavier was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who preached Christianity in many parts of Asia. After achieving great success in Goa, St Xavie...
Francis Xavier (1506–52) was Spanish, but it was the Portuguese who kept his legacy alive in their Asian colonies. Although Xavier died in China, it was Goa—capital of the Portuguese Empire in Asia—that received his mortal remains in 1554, which were believed to ...
St. Francis Xavier was a Navarrese-Basque Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre on April 7, 1506. His father was a privy counselor and finance minister to King John III of Navarre. He was the youngest in his family and resided in a cas
Francis died of fever on Shangchuan Island on December 3, 1552, while preparing to sail to mainland China to continue his missionary work. Gregory XV canonized Francis on March 12, 1622. The remains of Saint Francis Xavier are housed in a silver casket within Goa’s Bom Jesus Basilica. ...
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St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of Goa, affectionately called as Goencho saiba or Lord of Goa died in 1552 on his way to China. The body brought in 1554 to Goa, is kept in the Basilica of Bom Jesus. The sacred relic of St. Francis Xavier normally housed in a silver casket in...
began his missionary career, preached in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and died in Canton (China). He was a man of great courage and attractive personality and the Church declared him a Saint. St. Francis Xavier's mortal remains are venerated at Bom Jesus Basilica, Goa. ...